Uccello - Painter, born at Florence, 1397; died there, 1475. Urráburu, Juan José - Article on this Jesuit thinker, by Antonio Nadal. Urban I, Pope Saint - Died 230. Very little is known about his life, and even his burial place was in doubt for some time. Ulrich, Saint - Bishop of Augsburg, died 973. Ursula, Saint, and the Eleven Thousand Virgins - This history rests on ten lines, and these are open to question. Ursus, Saint - Member of the Theban Legion, martyr, commemorated from very early times. Urban V, Pope Blessed - Benedictine monk, canonist, diplomat, elected to the papacy in 1362, d. 1370. Ubaldus, Saint - Confessor, Bishop of Gubbio, born of noble parents at Gubbio, Umbria, Italy, towards the beginning of the twelfth centry; died there, Whitsuntide, 1168. Urban II, Pope Blessed - Long article on the canon and later Cluniac prior, assistant to Pope Gregory VII. Urban was elected unanimously to the papacy in 1088, but was forced to spend years wandering southern Italy. He died in 1099. Utopia - A term used to designate a visionary or an ideally perfect state of society first used by Sir Thomas More. Ubanghi - Vicariate Apostolic; formerly part of the Vicariate of French Congo, erected on 14 Oct., 1890. Ursulines of Quebec, The - The oldest institution of learning for women in North America. Ultan of Ardbracca - Collected a life of the Irish saint for his pupil, St. Brogan Cloen of Rostuirc, on Ossory. Ujejski, Cornelius - Polish poet. (1823-1897) Ubertino of Casale - Leader of the Spirituals, born at Casale of Vercelli, 1259; died about 1330. Ubanghi, Belgian - In Belgian Congo, separated on 7 April, 1911, from the Vicariate of the Belgian Congo and entrusted to the Capuchins. Uniformity Acts - Statutes passed in an effort to secure uniformity in public worship throughout England. Utilitarianism - A modern form of the Hedonistic ethical theory which teaches that the end of human conduct is happiness, and that consequently the discriminating norm which distinguishes conduct into right and wrong is pleasure and pain. Ubanghi-Chari - Prefecture Apostolic in Equatorial Africa. Urbi et Orbi - Signifies that a papal document is addressed not only to the City of Rome but to the entire Catholic world. Ucayali - Prefecture Apostolic in Peru. Uberaba - Suffragan diocese of Marianna, in Brazil. Uthina - A titular see of Africa Proconsularis, suffragan of Carthage. Ugento - Situated in the Province of Leece, in Apulia, on the Gulf of Tarentum. Utica - A titular see in Africa Proconsularis. Urim and Thummim - The sacred lot by means of which the ancient Hebrews were wont to seek manifestations of the Divine will. Ughelli, Ferdinando - Historian. (1595-1670) Unam Sanctam - The Bull on papal supremacy issued 18 November, 1302, by Boniface VIII during the dispute with Philip the Fair, King of France. Ulloa, Antoine de - Naval officer and scientist. (1716-1795) Ushaw College - A combined college and seminary for the six dioceses that were comprised in the old Northern Vicariate of England. Ullerston, Richard - From 1403 held the prebend of Oxford in Salisbury cathedral, and from 1407 the rectory of Beeford in Yorkshire. Ulrich of Zell - Wulderic; called also of Cluny, and of Ratisbon. Ulrich of Bamberg - A cleric of the cathedral church of Bamberg. Ulenberg, Kaspar - Convert, theological writer and translator of the Bible. (1549-1617) Uhtred - An English Benedictine theologian and writer. Ubaghs, Casimir - Born at Bergélez-Fauquemont, 26 November, 1800; died at Louvain, 15 February, 1875. Utraquism - The principal dogma, and one of the four articles, of the Calixtines or Hussites. Ultramontanism - A term used to denote integral and active Catholicism. Ulrich of Richenthal - Chronicler of the Council of Constance. Unigenitus - A celebrated Apostolic Constitution of Clement XI, condemning 101 propositions of Pasquier Quesnel. Union of Brest - 1596. The union of the Ruthenians with Catholicism. Ullathorne, William Bernard - English Benedictine monk and bishop. (1806-1889) Ursulines, The - Founded by St. Angela de Merici. Uruguayana - Diocese; suffragan of Porto Alegre, Brazil. Udine - The capital of a province and archdiocese in Friuli, northern Italy. Ubiquitarians - A Protestant sect started at the Lutheran synod of Stuttgart, 19 December, 1559, by John Brenz. Unitarians - A Protestant sect which holds as it distinctive tenet the belief in a uni-personal instead of a tri-personal God. Uruguay - The smallest independent state in South America. Urbs Beata Jerusalem dicta pacis visio - The first line of a hymn of probably the seventh or eighth century, comprising eight stanzas together with a doxology. Unions of Prayer - Details of four unions of prayer. Universals - Those ideas which, while excluding whatever constitutes the difference of things of the same genus or species, represent that which is necessary to their constitution, is essential, and is therefore common to all, remaining fixed in all vicissitudes. Unyanyembe - Vicariate apostolic in German East Africa. Upsala, University of - The oldest university of Sweden. Union of Christendom - Includes the Catholic Church together with the many other religious communions which have either directly or indirectly, separated from it. Upper Nile - Vicariate apostolic; separated from the mission of Nyanza, 6 July, 1894, comprises the eastern portion of Uganda. Urban III, Pope - Reigned 1185-87, born at Milan; died at Ferrara, 19 October, 1187. Urban IV, Pope - Reigned 1216-64. Urban VI, Pope - Bartolomeo Prignano, the first Roman pope during the Western Schism. Urban VII, Pope - Giambattista Castagna, born at Rome, 4 Aug., 1521; elected pope, 15 September, 1590; died at Rome, 27 September, 1590. Universities - The principal Catholic foundations have been treated in special articles; here the general aspects of the subject are presented. Upper Rhine - Ecclesiastical province; includes the Archdiocese of Freiburg and the suffragan Dioceses of Fulda, Mainz, Limburg, and Rottenburg. Urban VIII, Pope - Maffeo Barberini. (1568-1644) Uranopolis - A titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Ancyra in Galatia Prima. Ungava - A Canadian territory lying north of the Province of Quebec. United States of America, The - Provides geographic, historic, and statistical information. Unity - Characterizes the one Church founded by Christ. Urdaneta, Andrés - Augustinian, born at Villafranca, Guipúzcoa, Spain, 1498; died in the City of Mexico, 1568. Urbino - Province of Pesaro and Urbino, Italy. Ulloa, Francisco de - Accompanied Hernan Cortés to California. Ut Queant Laxis Resonare Fibris - The first line of a hymn in honour of St. John the Baptist. Utrecht, Archdiocese of - Situated in the Netherlands, includes the Provinces of Utrecht, Friesland, Overyssel, Drenthe, Groningen, the larger part of Gelderland, and a small part of North Holland. Universe - Presents a history of astronomy. Ulfilas - Apostle of the Goths, missionary, translator of the Bible, and inventor of an alphabet. Urubamba - This prefecture apostolic was created by a Decree of the Holy See in 1899 at the request of the Peruvian Government. Universalists - A liberal Protestant sect whose distinctive tenet is the belief in the final salvation of all souls. University College (Dublin) - A constitutional college of the National University of Ireland. Usilla - A titular see of Byzacena in Africa. Urmiah - A residential see in Chaldea, in the Province of Adherbaidjan, Persia. Upsala, Ancient See of - History of an episcopal see established at Old Upsala, the center of idolatrous worship not only for Sweden but for all Scandinavia. Urgel - Diocese in Spain, suffragan of Tarragona. Ursperger Chronicle - A history of the world in Latin that begins with the Assyrian King Ninius and extends to the year 1229. Usury - Defines the church's view on money lending. Usuard, Martyrology of - A Benedictine monk of the Abbey of St-Germain-des-Prxs, Paris. Ursula of the Blessed Virgin, Society of the Sisters of Saint - Religious congregation of women founded in 1606 by the Venerable Anne de Xainctonge. (1587-1612) Utah - The thirty-second state admitted to the Union, takes its name from an Indian tribe known as the Utes.